DekaBank Wins Best Practice Award in Business Intelligence with arcplan's dynaSight

Business Wire, March 21, 2005

WAYNE, Pa. -- arcplan:

--BARC Institute honors DekaBank's Marketing and Sales Portal DekaDiVA at CeBIT 2005 as Best German-Language Business Intelligence Solution

--arcplan's dynaSight Helps DekaBank Centralize Systems to Cut Costs, Shorten Planning Cycle

DekaBank, a German financial institution, along with arcplan partner b-i-con business information consulting, recently won the Best Practice Award for DekaBank's marketing and sales portal in the category of Best German-Language Business Intelligence Solution. Based on arcplan's dynaSight and Microsoft SQL Server with its OLAP-component analysis services, the DekaDiVA portal enables DekaBank to manage all of its marketing and sales activities. The award was presented by the independent research institute BARC (Business Application Research Center) at CeBIT 2005 in Hanover, Germany.

The jury selected DekaBank's business intelligence solution because of its clearly quantifiable value across the marketing and sales process. The DekaDiVA portal centralized DekaBank's reporting, analysis, simulation and planning processes, reducing the planning cycle from several weeks to just a few days and cutting administrative costs in half. An identical client version enables field sales staff to have all the data and analyses they need, whether they are working from their home office or on-site with a customer.

dynaSight, arcplan's analytic development platform, is the cornerstone of the portal's centralized Web application and is also available offline as a mobile laptop solution.

dynaSight is a highly flexible software platform for the rapid development of tailor-made analytic applications. Users can directly access all important data from any system, drawing from one integrated base of business-critical information. Professionally created, easy-to-read graphics, tables and diagrams make it easy to understand and interpret complex databases. The use of dynaSight is a decisive factor in DekaDiVA's flexibility, facilitating changes and extensions as well as the integration of any data source.

Andreas Stilger, Project Manager at DekaBank, highlights the added value provided by the structured DekaDiVA knowledge pool. "The tight integration of different subject areas and types of information makes it easy for users to turn to the marketing and sales portal for answers to any business question they may have."

"With the DekaDiVA portal, DekaBank and b-i-con have succeeded in implementing a first-class business intelligence project. We're delighted that dynaSight has contributed to the success of this flexible, web-based application that will answer the information needs of many users," comments Roland Hoelscher, arcplan's Managing Director. "The Best Practice Award is yet another confirmation of the power and flexibility of our platform."

This year's Best Practice award was presented by the BARC Institute during the Forum for Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management at CeBIT. Twelve application customers had submitted their BI projects for evaluation. The winner was selected by a prestigious jury consisting of scientists and industry veterans, including Dr. Wolfgang Behme (Continental AG); Prof. Dr. Peter Chamoni (University of Duisburg and TDWI); Dr. Barbara Dinter (University of St. Gallen); Andreas Hahn (Hahn & Zwerger Marketing and the organizer of the CeBIT Business Intelligence Forum); Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Kemper (University of Stuttgart); Dietmar Kothner (from the publication "is report"); Prof. Dr. Andreas Seufert (University of Applied Science of Ludwigshafen and the Institute for Business Intelligence); and Dr. Carsten Sapia (BMW AG). The jury chairman was Dr. Carsten Bange (BARC Institute).

About DekaBank

DekaBank is a central institute of the German savings bank organization and is active in the areas of asset management (capital markets and real estate), capital markets, and corporate banking. It is one of Germany's leading financial services providers. In Germany, the DekaBank Group is a major player in the domestic investment industry. DekaBank is incorporated under public law and headquartered in Frankfurt and Berlin. For further information please visit http://www.dekabank.de/db/en.> About b-i-con

b-i-con business information consulting is a management consultancy with particular expertise in analytical information systems. The consultants at b-i-con have many years' experience in project management and in the relevant technologies and methods, enabling them to realize complex BI projects in a short timeframe. Customers of b-i-con benefit from the fast implementation of solutions that protect their investments and deliver measurable ROI. For further information please visit www.b-i-con.de.

About arcplan

arcplan is a globally successful software developer whose solutions enable companies to bridge business initiatives and IT resources for maximum productivity and competitive advantage. With arcplan's business intelligence platform, IT and business professionals can rapidly create highly functional Web-based applications without the cost and complexity of traditional solutions. arcplan's dynaSight is a best-in-class BI platform that leverages existing IT investments by integrating seamlessly with all enterprise data. Founded in 1993, arcplan has more than 1,800 customers and 230,000 users worldwide. Headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany and Philadelphia, PA, arcplan delivers its solutions through a global direct sales force and a network of more than 130 partners providing support and services in over 30 countries. For more information, visit www.arcplan.com.